Ralph Baiker ( *great photo-manipulation technique)
Ralph Baiker
The German Ralph Baiker (1969) was educated at the Fachhochschule of Dortmund, Germany. Since the early 1990s, his work has regularly been exhibited in European galleries and international fairs. His recent project is the discovery of urban structures and visual signs in cities of North Africa, where a new democratic spirit is born and tries to survive.
http://www.ralphbaiker.com/stills-stories
Alex Prager
Alex Prager
Alex Prager was born in Los Angeles in 1979. She was raised by her grandmother in a small apartment in the suburb of Los Feliz. Her nomadic upbringing saw her splitting her time between Florida, California, and Switzerland without truly settling down long enough for a formal education. Prager's interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was in her early twenties that she began to focus on photography. In keeping with her independent spirit, she eschewed art school and began taking photographs on her own, teaching herself equipment and lighting through trial and error.
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Michael Hoppen Gallery (UK)
Michael Hoppen Gallery was established in Chelsea, London in 1992 and has since earned a formidable presence in the international collecting community. Michael Hoppen Gallery seeks to be a venue for collectors to discover new and established photographers, and a resource for those interested in the continual and evolving discourse around photographic art. The programme of the gallery reflects the diversity and passion of the photographers represented by Michael Hoppen.
Alex Prager was born in Los Angeles in 1979. She was raised by her grandmother in a small apartment in the suburb of Los Feliz. Her nomadic upbringing saw her splitting her time between Florida, California, and Switzerland without truly settling down long enough for a formal education. Prager's interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was in her early twenties that she began to focus on photography. In keeping with her independent spirit, she eschewed art school and began taking photographs on her own, teaching herself equipment and lighting through trial and error.
REPRESENTED BY:
Michael Hoppen Gallery (UK)
Michael Hoppen Gallery was established in Chelsea, London in 1992 and has since earned a formidable presence in the international collecting community. Michael Hoppen Gallery seeks to be a venue for collectors to discover new and established photographers, and a resource for those interested in the continual and evolving discourse around photographic art. The programme of the gallery reflects the diversity and passion of the photographers represented by Michael Hoppen.
Vees Peers
The Australian Vee Speers studied fine art and photography in Brisbane. The artist’s work has been exhibited globally in cities like London, Paris, New York, Sydney, Stockholm, and in countries such as China, Ireland, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Italy, Brazil and Mexico. Her work has graced the covers of, for instance, Zoom, Photo International, and The Sunday Times UK.
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The Photographers' Gallery (UK)
The Photographers' Gallery was opened in 1971 as a response to the growing popularity of the medium. In the decades that followed, the Gallery played a crucial role in establishing photography as an art form. As the first publicly funded independent photography venue in the world, The Photographers' Gallery has been dedicated to providing free access for everyone to engage with photography in all its forms. Today the gallery continues to provide a unique platform for showcasing modern and contemporary work by British and international artists from its recently renovated building in central London.
Unseen- Fashion!
http://unseenamsterdam.com/exhibition-announced-fashion
Unseen is proud to announce that the exhibition made possible by the Blockbusterfonds is Fashion! Photographs from the Camera Work Collection.
This special selection was compiled from the collection of Camera Work. Camera Work owns one of the world’s largest collections of photographic works and books.
The works on display vary from Edward Steichen's classical compositions, the experimental work of Man Ray and the controversial photos of Helmut Newton to the contemporary fashion photography of Steven Klein. More than any other discipline, fashion photography is able to document the spirit of its time: it shows in a vivid and accessible way the dreams and aspirations of past generations.
The exhibition Fashion! Photographs from the Camera Work Collection is part of Unseen. Thanks to the ‘Blockbusterfonds’, a new private fund with the aim of financing large cultural events and initiatives in the Netherlands, Unseen has been able to invest in an exceptional and high-level accompanying programme, which includes this exhibition.
Fashion! Photographs from the Camera Work Collection will have its festive opening on September 20 at 18.00 and can be seen until September 23 in the Zuiveringshal at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
Chosen Festival
http://unseenamsterdam.com/
Unseen is an international photography fair focused on undiscovered photography talent and unseen work by established photographers. The first edition of Unseen took place from 19 to 23 September 2012 at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek, kicking off the gallery season by celebrating yet undetected, cutting-edge work.
*Unseen has invited more than 50 galleries from around the world to participate in the inaugural 2012 edition.
Photo Festivals
New York Photo Festival
•The New York Photo Festival was founded in 2008 by Daniel Power (Director and Producer 2008 and 2009, Producer 2010) and Frank Evers; Sam Barzilay, Exhibitions Coordinator in 2008, was Director and Producer of the 2011 edition.
•Designed to be an American counterpart and thematic successor to the prestigious European photo festivals Les Rencontres d’Arles, PHotoEspana, and Visa pour l’Image, the New York Photo Festival creates an international atmosphere of inspiring visual installations, professional and aficionado fellowship and camaraderie, and news-worthy staged presentations, awards ceremonies, and live events over the course of four-and-a-half days during the busiest photography month in New York City.
Format International Photography Festival
• Established in 2004 by Louise Clements and Mike Brown, the biennale festival celebrates the wealth of contemporary practice in international photography and is now one of the UK’s leading non- profit international contemporary festivals of photography and related media.
• The theme of FORMAT13 centres on the FACTORY and mass production. This can be understood literally and creatively in terms of process and the transformation of material, live site of production, the products, workers, analogue process, and documentary and so on.
• Derby, the city where FORMAT is based, holds a significant World Heritage Status as the birthplace of mass production and the world’s first factory.
PhotoEspaña International Festival
• PHotoEspaña, International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, set out to become a Festival generated by popular demand in 1998, and today it has earned its place as one of the most relevant visual arts events in the world.
• PHotoEspaña is one of the central international forums for photography. Each year the Festival attracts more than six hundred thousand people and receives acclaim from prestigious critics, making it the most popular cultural event in Spain.
• PHotoEspaña is organized by La Fábrica www.lafabrica.com, a company dedicated to arts management. The Festival is made possible thanks to the support and collaboration of private companies and public institutions
Fotofestiwal
• Fotofestiwal was born in 2001 as one of the first photography events in Poland. Since then, both photography and the ways of organising cultural events have changed. Fotofestiwal has always been up to date with these changes. It is intended as a space for various forms of photography and a forum for discussion on art and society, but also as a search for alternative methods of talking about photography and presenting it.
• What is it? An annual contest which enables photographers to take part in Fotofestiwal. The form of the contest is open and does not involve any limitations in respect of the theme, age or geography, thanks to which a variety of works and personalities may be presented.
• The winner will receive a monetary award and the title of Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2012. His/her project will be presented in an individual exhibition during Fotofestiwal.
• The main organiser of Fotofestiwal is the Foundation of Visual Education which has been cooperating with Łódź Art Center, Art Factory and the City of Łódź Office for a number of years.
Photomonth in Krakow
The Foundation for the Visual Arts is a non-governmental organisation, established in 2001 in Krakow to promote and popularise the visual arts in Poland. Our speciality is photography, and our mission to seek new definitions for it in the context of contemporary art, history and sociology. The Foundation is the organiser of the international Photomonth in Krakow festival. Over the period 2007-2011, it ran the ZPAF i S-ka Gallery. It also publishes, focusing on publications on the theory and history of photography, and the popularisation of niche and collector publications. The FVA cooperates with cultural institutions in Poland and abroad, is a member of the international co-operation networks, and takes part in many photographic events around the world.
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